Trump was then asked whether that comment was a hint that recordings exist.

“I’m not hinting anything. I’ll tell you about it over a very short period of time,” the president replied.

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Trump did tell the White House press pool not to get too excited over what might be revealed.

“You’re going to be very disappointed when you hear the answer,” he said.

Trump also told reporters he is “100 percent” willing to testify under oath about his conversations with Comey.

During his testimony Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Comey indicated he does not know if tapes exit, but said he hopes they do.

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“It never occurred to me until the president’s tweet,” Comey said. “I’m not being facetious. I hope there are, and I’ll consent to the release. All I can do is hope. The president surely knows if he taped me. Release all the tapes. I’m good with it.”

Although former President Richard Nixon extensively used audio recordings in the White House, since the Watergate investigation, succeeding presidents have not taped White House conversations.

During Friday’s appearance in the Rose Garden, Trump summed up Comey’s appearance and his reaction to it.

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“In the meantime, no collusion, no obstruction. He’s a leaker. But we want to get back to running our great country. Jobs, trade deficits. We want them to disappear fast. North Korea, big problem. Middle East, a big problem,” Trump said.

“So that’s what I am focused on. That’s what I have been focused on. But yesterday showed no collusion, no obstruction. We are doing very well. It’s almost impossible for the Democrats to lose the Electoral College, as you know. You have to run up the whole east coast and win everything as a Republican and that’s what we did. So it was just an excuse. But we were very, very happy and, frankly, James Comey confirmed a lot of what I said and some of the things that he said just weren’t true,” he said.